Automatic fire-extinguisher.



' H. ALLARD. AUTOMATIC FIRE BXTINGUISHER. APPLIOATION FILED SEPT. 27, 1913.

.Haenen oj geheim-BRUSSELS,

ms'iterial,l yyhich releases thehamrner So.

l j thehandl'e olfla' opens the watert .retenue Einvernehmen ALLARD, a.:

tenuto natie "aro e: nermellyfhld 'n- *..i'de'vice offusible nelted by 'the heat that the letter 'strikes the shank of `the hammer 21 (nel).

fPeteetefeeg-, 191.4? e' u :Anliegen inea september 21, ma. Seriana. 792334..;

- he'head l9 is provided with e. lateral di's-;

charge-slot 11,' while the heed 10 -is provided y withfanupper diselmrge-slot.12."v .Y "i

.upper end the pipe' lis" formed. eo withan-integra1 cross-piece 13 (Fig. 2), to .;'.fc'nd .1- fdo" which is secured in my suitable way 'al-horizontel bar let,- one end 15A o?" which isA bent forwardly at :right-4 angle and provided "with itvjvo.. e;uit'able bracket?,` 1 16 lund riesen-horizontal `forwardly extending shaft 18, en "xrvhieh-4 issrotetably vmounted a hammer-i19','hevingtendencywo :turn down-- pressureofacoiled spring 70. 2.0 (Eig. 2). surroundingtheshaft 18. Said- .hammer is norniallyheld lin its inoperative posit-ion by means. offs, small cross-piece 21 of suitable."fu'sible material,

inserted between and the. brackets 75 1.16 as clearly. slic'wifxr'invv the drawing. The handle tof the eock'3 is held against accidental.. movement by mea-ns'of a suitable. fixible connection 22, connecting the crossarms 23.015 seid handle .to the fusible device aq i 'pipe under the pres'su'ife'f the vvater.' At the `-`Extending' from a point-below the cock 3 iis e, narrow branch-pipe 24, extending to a, lsmall'waterturbinje 25 of any suitable welled 4branch wherein:

Figure y1.-s 'l 1 )\i1s' -thefront 'elevation 'of .-glhe operation-'gf the devi my improved p'paratus; Fig. 2.-isthe top plan viewi'of seme;. Fig. 3.-is al fragmentary perspective view of .the bracket serving to liold the operating hammer' in its inoperative position; perspective vi'ew of thehadle of t Referringto the d .rxiwing'sl'designatesl a yerticnl'pipe hving its .upper end Q reduced' and screyvthreaded whereby the device may be readily screwed `into en -itelnally threadpipe'of the'l water-'mitinV or the like. The plpe 1 is normellyplosed' by means of'a suitable cock 3, the handle v'4 ofwhich vis placed in a` horizontal'position (Fig'. 1) if.- the coc-kfis s hutf-o. loiverl end oftheI pipe 1-is a suitable ballbearing 5., supporting n..rotatable lsocket 6, to which are seuredtwo hollow arms 7, 8 arranged in line with eachother and in opposite directionsfand terminating into hol- .low .ball-shapedfgheeds .9," 1() respectlvelff;

the striker of @gong `known construction,

if the turbine is in 25 isrsecured to vthe bar 14 ff description, l'teken-.fin

is secured to the-end-28 of above a. predetermine ,a fraginntaryi- -thehninmer 19, which iicek.; l

wardlyand strikes the 3, whereby Athe herinner 19 brought inadniitted into thev rotatable it will be dischirg 1-2. At the Sametime seid Arranged utthe discharged water ht angles as moreclearly the -positions 19', 4' indicated in 'dotted lines in Fig. 1. In this position the cock 3 is opened and water is by the pressure of'th'e' water, whereby the will be uniform] uted in the room. The cock -wnter is also admitted throughthe ranch 24: into theturbine 25, which actuates, the 110.

striker of the alarm-gong'27. The form ofjzthe yvanf distributing arms.'

'the shaft 26 of which 35 carries end'actuates'the striker of Aa. gong 27,

operation. The turbine .and the gong 27 seid bnr, bent at shown in Fig. 2. ce will be readily linderstood .fro r`n the -foregoing description and drawing: The tem rature being raised (im degree, the fusible crossfpiece 21.Will be melted so as to release 95.

under the action of v the spi-ing' 2O is suddenly turned down# handle 4 of the cock and handle 4. are

respectively arms 7 ,8, whence` ed through the slots 11,

firms ere rotated distribl having a handle-'in theV intermediate part of' the pipe; a bar secured to the pi eand hav` l A -l 1,108,658

oted hammer receivable-between the brac ets when in its raisedpovsition' and adapted to strike and operate t e valve.

2. In a fire extinguisher of the type specified, the vcombination of. a pipa-having asprinkler communicating therewith; a' valve ing a pair of. spaced upwar y; hooked brackets; and a hammer havin 'its handle pivoted onsaid bar vand receivle-between said brackets when in-its j raised position,

Y strike and-its weight adapted to strike said valve i handle. I' l y 3. In a fire extingisher of the ytypespeci- 2t Afied, the combination'of a vertical pipe; a.

sprinkler on the. lower end of the pipe; a valve' inthe intermediate part. of the .pi e and having a handle; 'a bar'secured on 't e l 'upper part of lthe pipe-and having an angu- 30 lai-1y 4bent end provided withapair of upwardl hooked bracketsfandian upwardly; curved7 part between the brackets; a ammerl pivoted on s aid bar and having its shank receivable between saidl brackets when in its :85 raisedposition, its weight beingadapted to Anaine' to this specification. in the presericelhopfs two subscribing witnesses` A. gHEGTOR .-Witnesses: l y JOS P. WAoNER-,HAJ'

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